. >> reporter: steve carritick is the senior producer of cbs sports and today he's giving me a tour of the compound. trailer after trailer of editing rooms, taping, graphics. >> over 40 videotape machines just for the game alone. >> reporter: sneaking through the entire compound are thousands of wires and cables. it's crazy to think that on game day every one of them has to be connected to the right thing. >> i always used to joke like what would happen if you actually pulled one of them out? >> reporter: this is the place to be on game day. the producer sits here. the director sit right here. this is where all the critical decisions are made during the super bowl. >> anything and everything can happen. you try to plan as best you can, but the game is the game. you have to react to what happens. >> reporter: quick reaction time is a by-product of good planning. >> the preparations in general for cbs literally began probably three years ago after our last super bowl in miami. >> reporter: their crews have been coming here over the last year on and off. now they're 1,000 strong counting